What is world (loka) in SN 12.44? Why is it called "world"?

What is world (*loka*) in the context of SN 12.44 ? Why is it called "world"? Is it related to "The All" (SN 35.23 )? > “And what, bhikkhus, is the origin of the world? In dependence on the > eye and forms, eye-consciousness arises. The meeting of the three is > contact. With contact as condition, feeling comes to be; with feeling > as condition, craving; with craving as condition, clinging; with > clinging as condition, existence; with existence as condition, birth; > with birth as condition, aging-and-death, sorrow, lamentation, pain, > displeasure, and despair come to be. This, bhikkhus, is the origin of > the world. > > “In dependence on the ear and sounds … In dependence on the nose and > odours … In dependence on the tongue and tastes … In dependence on the > body and tactile objects … In dependence on the mind and mental > phenomena, mind-consciousness arises. The meeting of the three is > contact. With contact as condition, feeling comes to be; with feeling > as condition, craving; with craving as condition, clinging … existence > … birth; with birth as condition, aging-and-death, sorrow, > lamentation, pain, displeasure, and despair come to be. This, > bhikkhus, is the origin of the world. > > “And what, bhikkhus, is the passing away of the world? In dependence > on the eye and forms, eye-consciousness arises. The meeting of the > three is contact. With contact as condition, feeling comes to be; with > feeling as condition, craving. But with the remainderless fading away > and cessation of that same craving comes cessation of clinging; with > the cessation of clinging, cessation of existence; with the cessation > of existence, cessation of birth; with the cessation of birth, > aging-and-death, sorrow, lamentation, pain, displeasure, and despair > cease. Such is the cessation of this whole mass of suffering. This, > bhikkhus, is the passing away of the world. > > “In dependence on the ear and sounds … … In dependence on the mind and > mental phenomena, mind-consciousness arises. The meeting of the three > is contact. With contact as condition, feeling comes to be; with > feeling as condition, craving. But with the remainderless fading away > and cessation of that same craving comes cessation of clinging … > cessation of existence … cessation of birth; with the cessation of > birth, aging-and-death, sorrow, lamentation, pain, displeasure, and > despair cease. Such is the cessation of this whole mass of suffering. > This, bhikkhus, is the passing away of the world.”